teomilco

Classical Nahuatl

FWOTD – 1 March 2016

Alternative forms

• teumilco (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From teōtl (“god”) +‎ mīlli (“agricultural land”) +‎ -co.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [te.oːˈmíːɬ.ko]

Noun

teōmīlco (locative)

1. (mythology) (in) a divine cultivated field, particularly a cornfield.
   • 1558-1585: Bernardino de Sahagún, Primeros memoriales, f. 278v.

     Huiya tonaca acxolma / centla teumilco / chicauaztica motlaquechizca.

     Our sustenance grows, the corn of the cornfield of the gods rests on a cane of rattles.

Related terms

• teōcalco

References

• Rafael Tena (2012) La religión mexica, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, page 137